MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharsight Corporation , a leading provider of software, strategic consulting, and regulatory services for optimizing clinical drug development, today announced that Bill Poland, Ph.D., vice president and lead scientist, Strategic Consulting Services, will speak to members of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries via web conference on HCV/HIV drug-disease modeling on Thursday, February 28, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (10:00 a.m. PST).
Dr. Poland’s presentation, entitled “Portable Concepts for HCV and HIV Drug-Disease Modeling and Simulation” will discuss the use and strategic value of quantitative modeling and simulation to design, predict and improve clinical trial outcomes for HCV and HIV drugs. Applied case examples will illustrate that despite important differences between HCV and HIV, such as the potential to cure HCV and faster HCV dynamics, HCV trial outcomes, like those for HIV, can be predicted and improved by model-informed design. More information about this event is available at http://www.pharsight.com/events/events_home.php.
“HCV and HIV present special therapeutic challenges to drug development teams, including the emergence of resistance, complex pharmacokinetics, and patient compliance,” said Shawn O’Connor, president, CEO and chairman of Pharsight. “To support planning and quantitative decision-making for antiviral development, it is important to leverage synergies wherever possible in the complexities of viral dynamics modeling. HIV and HCV drug development programs can benefit from Pharsight’s predictive modeling methods and extensive knowledge of the competitive treatment landscape. Model-based approaches can lead to enhanced clinical trial designs and in developing strategies to optimize tradeoffs such as that between patient compliance and dosing regimen, as well as inform better clinical program investment decisions.”
About Pharsight Corporation
Pharsight Corporation develops and markets integrated products and services that enable pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to achieve significant and enduring improvements in the development and use of therapeutic products. Pharsight’s goal is to help customers reduce the time, cost and risk of drug development, as well as optimize the post-approval marketing and use of pharmaceutical products.
Pharsight’s approach enhances the fundamental element of drug development success: strong decision-making. By adopting the Pharsight approach, customers acquire a new decision-making process with the potential to systematically improve every level and phase of their business and scientific processes. Pharsight Corporation is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Information about Pharsight is available at http://www.pharsight.com.
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